Eadhild
| Eadhild | |
|---|---|
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | c. 937 |
| Spouse | Hugh the Great |
| Father | Edward the Elder |
| Mother | Ælfflæd |
Eadhild (died 937) was an English princess, the second wife of
Ælfflæd.[1]
In 926 Edward's son, king
Crown of Thorns.[2] Eadhild's full sister, Eadgifu, was the wife of the deposed king of the West Franks, Charles the Simple. Hugh was a potential rival for the Frankish throne, and Eadgifu may have promoted the marriage in order to sever a dangerous link between Hugh and Count Herbert of Vermandois.[3]
Eadhild died childless in 937.[4]
Citations
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-300-12535-1.
- Foot, Sarah (2010). "Dynastic Strategies: The West Saxon Royal Family in Europe". In Rollason, David; Leyser, Conrad; Williams, Hannah (eds.). England and the Continent in the Tenth Century:Studies in Honour of Wilhelm Levison (1876-1947). Brepols. ISBN 9782503532080.
- Freeman, Edward Augustus (1867). The History of the Norman Conquest of England. Clarendon Press. p. 234.
eadhild childless.
- Ortenberg, Veronica (2010). "'The King from Overseas: Why did Æthelstan Matter in Tenth-Century Continental Affairs?". In Rollason, David; Leyser, Conrad; Williams, Hannah (eds.). ISBN 9782503532080.
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